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Company Overview

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC is an innovative real estate brand that offers a full range of services to brokers, sales associates and home buyers and sellers. Using innovative technology, sophisticated business systems and the broad appeal of a lifestyle brand, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC embodies the future of the real estate industry while remaining grounded in the tradition of home. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC is a subsidiary of Realogy Corporation, a global provider of real estate and relocation services.

The growing Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network includes more than 100 offices and more than 4,700 sales associates serving home buyers and sellers in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Washington.

History
In 1978, Meredith Corporation, one of the nation’s leading media and marketing companies and publisher of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, launched the former Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Service. Meredith Corporation owned and operated the company for 20 years and grew the business into a highly respected name in the real estate industry. Meredith Corporation sold its real estate business in 1998 while retaining long-term ownership of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand name. In October 2007, Realogy Corporation announced it had entered into a long-term agreement to license the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand from Meredith Corporation. The licensing agreement between Realogy and Meredith Corporation is for a 50-year term, with a renewal option for another 50 years. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate officially launched its new franchise system on July 23, 2008.

Headquarters
1 Campus Drive
Parsippany, NJ 07054
1.866.616.4BHG (4244)

Online
Consumer Web Site

Senior Executive Team
Sherry Chris, President and CEO
Rick Gregory, Vice President, Business Development and Operations
Camilla Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Marketing
Wendy Forsythe, Vice President, Network Services
Tim Henderson, Senior Vice President, Membership Development
Kim Toomey, Vice President and General Counsel

Parent Company
Realogy Corporation

Richard A. Smith, President and CEO, Realogy Corporation
Alex Perriello, President and CEO, Realogy Franchise Group